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AUSTIN CoRBiN TALKS.
He Says tho Rendiug Road VIII Not bo Co
ESl trollel by the Knights, Z

. J. % b
He Says tho Renuipg Road viii Not bo Con.
Fl trolled by the Knights. -
New YoRK, Dec 28.-Austin Corbin,
President Of tho Reading Railroad, plainly
defined the position Of the company to.
warda its employees in letter sent at noon
to-day to A. H. Mcleod, General Mana
ger, with Instructions to communicate it's
contents to the men. 1t reads as follows:
"To such Of our old employees who havo
stood faithfully by Us, We feel obliged and
thankful, and shall not forget them, but
the time has now arrived when all Of our
employee will be required to decide
whether they expect to retain their places
by reason Of honest and faithful service
and prompt obedience to the orders Of the
company that employs them and pays
them, or blind obedience to the direction
Of the <. Of L., through which organixs.
ton the leaders hope to coerco us into the
employment OF men who consider their
hrat obedience due to that order. Sd
"The men that ntand by US will have
employment with reasonable hours and
good pay, as much as is paid by any
other corporation OF q similar character.
Men who do not will never be allowed on
the road again under any circumstances.
We have never objected to labor organi.
cations and do not now. Every man shall
be free to belong to one or not, as he pleases,
but the heads OF such orders cannot and
shall not dictate to this COMPANY as to
whom it shall employ, or how to operate
its property. Places that are left in
obedience to orders Of the knights oI
Labor will bs filled with new men, and
such new men will be retained and under
no circumstances will be discharged te
make room for men who have LETT theil
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IT 10 reassuripg to hear that the Grown
Pfince's th,on. has Tor several weeks past
been perfectly satisfactory to his physi-
clans. Tho nsxt step 10 to make tho con-
dition oi the throat entirely satisfactory TO
the Grown Prince. That would bo worth
talking about, ,s
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SMALLPOX In Fri.co.

SAN FRAsclsco, Dec. ga amallpox
epidemic is feared in this city. The
Chinese quarter is infected with the dis.
ease, which has also made It's appearance
In other sections OF tho city. Eleven cases
have been discovered since last Friday
and ior the past two months the average
has been one every day. Sewerage is IL
a horrible condition, and there exists no
capable System Of sanitation. III,
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An Ohio 0irl scorc,,; !. r, z, 80. Z.

= warsaw, Dec. 2o.-Ells Russell, XII
Cleveland, @, has scored q triumph in the
opera Of LA Trayiata" in this city. She;
was presented with a golden laurel crown
on the leaves OF which were engraved liz
names OF a number Of the generals and
colonela OF the Imperial Guards. q IIS'4 ~
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Tho River Fruzo NJ Clncinnati.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 2o.-The Ohio river OF
this point this morning, is frozen over
and navigation entirely suspended. This
closes all hope Of coal supply by river
sooner than February unless there is an
extraordinary warm January. The prices
oi coal are now double what they were q
year ago, and muat still 20 higher.
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Tho Cold Wave a PIttsburrh.

PlTTsnURau, Dec. 29.-Navigation has
been entirely suspended by the cold waye
and no hopes are entertained Of a rise in
tho rivers, sufficiont to allow the ship.
ment Of coal to southern and western
portu before tho usual February freshets.
Very little coal has been 1oated from here
since last June on account Of the con.
tinued drouth, and there Is now over
25000000 bnahels loaded ready for ship.
ment. The mercury registered degrees
above zsro at 8 O'Clock this morning,
which was the lowest point reached. At
noon it was II degrees. =
Patrick Flynn, a mine laborer, was
frozen to death In coal nhed at Greens.
burg, Pa, last night. When last seen
alive he was intoxicated and it ia supposed
that he went into the shed to sleep.
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Mn. DEMPSEY will meet MIR. Wall and
endeavor to bruise him in the highest
style Of the art, II Mr.. Wall will make 1t
worth Mr.. Dsmpsey's while. Is 1t ex-
pected across tho pond that our bruisers
will bruise for the wages Of the ague-
Bmi,ten psrahs Of Europe?
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In the convention of Republican clubs
soon TO DO held to form West Virginia
State League, every county should DO rep.
resented by at least ono club delegation.
Tho more the better. The League is going
to be au important part OF the party ma
rhinnYy n. w ~ -L-. ------- ~ ~. 80
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Congressman HoEg rs 3 e''Hustler.'
S,srL,,f Dj-olrh IN khs Idlfllf1kreer t6l. Et =

WAsu1NaroN, D. G., Dec. 29.-Rspre-
sentative Hogg ia getting in solid work for
his constituents during the holidays.
Yesterday ho secured from The War De-
partment correction OF the military
record of Major 7 G.. Fields, Of Parksra.
burg, by " hich Fields is numbered out as O
Maior instead Q! Lieutenant This en-.
ables Fields to draw chout $1,000 back
pay for tho difference betweou the Ma.
iorcy and Lieutenancy. To-day Hogg got
IN appointment in the Government Print.
ing Oilico for Charles 81. Finney, as com.
positor on tho Congressional Record.
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WAsnseroS, D. e., Dec. 29.-Mr. Il.
McArdie, OF Misslssippl, published card
here stating that g speech at Aberdeen,
Miaa, in 1916, which has been attributed
to Mr.. Lamar, was made by him Nc
Ardie). He ndds that II Mr.. Lamar'a
nomination aa Supreme Oou:t Judge is
not confirmed, the South will be solid
while tho aky has q star OF tue ocean q
t;Jo sag-sl II ss & Il & ltt-i
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Tug report Of the Labor Commissioner
contains como startling and suggestive
facts. The coat Of strikes to tho strikers
direct is shcwn to have been enormous.
Tho report will bear very careful reading
and study. tt& IL
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a Fireman Killed.

Special Dispatch 10 the InsclIigenctr. z Z
sTEunENvlLLE, O., Dec. 29.-Thiu after
noon at 4 o'clock wreck occurred on the
Panhandle at Oonnotton, thirty.eight miles
west of this city. a west bound freight
train, running at high rate of epoed, ran
into m open switch, and striking an OBJ
struction, the engine and long train of
cara were piled into one heap. Fireman
Charles Evans, Of Hamlin, was killed, but
the rest Of tho crow escaped with slight
injuries. The wreck took fire and all
trains wore delayed several hours,
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I III. Wilson Not Inyolvrtl .

PARIS, Dec. 29.-The inquiry into the,
now decoration acandala shows that M.
Wilson is not legally involved. Four
aiair. - h d = J99 "a 80
The municipal authorities have patti
TONED to the Government to adopt meas.
ures which will prevent the Fronch syndi.
cate from controlling the, price OF conper
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WHEELINe's jobbing trade lor the Clog
ing year makes a handsome exhibit in the
review published in this mornings In.
rELLlG GEHcER. The old town isn't going to
pot by good deal. One Of the most
gratifying features In connection With our
jobbins trsds is i!s widening rcope. Our
merchants aro able to compete with three
OF tho great cities. -,
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A Typical &iI,tcr nay.

MINNEAPOLIS, MlSNa Dec. %. The
thermometer was 20 degrees below at 7
A. Ma typical Minnesota day-clear and
still; no serious delays are reported to
traffic. In Dakota the weather Is much
colder, and there is more interruption to
business. Watertown reports 80 degrees
below. - :ii sl5 n -. - ~,
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A British Cupiain's Cruelty.

LONDON, Dec. 29.-Osptain Paynter and
Second Mate Fischer, Of tho British. bark
Emblston, have been charged at sunder:.
land with the Rroases: cruelty toward the
crew Of the vessel. During the voyage ,,tlf of
the bark from San Francieco to Sunjer-i
land, three of the crew jumped overheard
to escape trestment; another succumbsd
to his injuries, and Q fifth was landed in
an almost dying condition, Paynter and
Fischer we're both remended. ~ -Il3.tt.-.1 =
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Z Disllked tho Name "rrust.n

New YoRn, Dec. 29.-The "lard trust, y
composed OF Eve Of the seven reHners in
this city, was completed by the election ol
J. "a. Chamberlain as president. The
members dislike the name "truHt" and
the combination Is called the Central Lard
Company, rs ~ 4 Y 4, 81,
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aorlouu Accident on The Panbnnale.

DESNlsos, o., Dec. 2s.-Aloaded freight
train ottwenty-iour cara on tho Panhandle
road ran into an open switch near Bow.
erstown, O., tonight and WAS almost COM
pletely wrecked. Fireman @. E Evans Yaa
caught between the engine and tender
and fatally injured. Tho engineer, and
one brakeman were cut and buried, bat
their injuries are not serious. After the
accident ths' wreck took flre and is report
ed to be now burning. The loss to the
railway company will be very heavy, 31
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yorhees VIII Defend Thorn. Thor,

1sDlANAroLls. Dec. 2a.-senator yor.
bees has volunteered to defend the Demo.
cpoliticians charged with forging tally
sheets, and hia proffer OF service has been
accepted. Judge Montgomery, OF Wash.
ington, connected with tho court Of claims,
and three or four others Of lees prominence
have offered TO assist In the deiense,
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SpccH1 DlSpdlch % nc lNcN0eNceT, n Y - ~
DAVIS, W. VA, Dec. 29.-Train No. 2
on the West Virginia Central jumped the
track this morning at Fairfax. An open
sWitch was partly the cauBo. No one was
hurt but the roar coach was demolished.
1t is storming severely here, ~ 2
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VIII Fight Condi,Ion,aily,

Nav HAYES, Or, Dec. 2e:-J ack De;mDn..is
aey, the pugllist, said this morning that hs
was sve1se to going abroad TO meet 5BTofp
Wall, 40 proponed, but II the stskea ~
made lafae enough, say 81, 900 or SIC, ,0Oo.hot
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Q1e G,t!ti:elliqettter;, 1,
omoo' Nos. ao and 81 Fourteenth street.
TIE Ohio artists who gamble In tally
sheet lorgerles show no yearning to be
brought to trial. It Is not long since they
seemed 10 be In consuming haste.

TuIs mogning's dispstchps tell Of two
men frozen to death alter filling them
selves with lntoxicants. They probably
drank to keep warm. They warmed
up" and irozs to death. ~
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], Consressmnn Tnylor'a wife Dead.

WAsHIsaToN, Dec. 29.-MIs. Eunice
Bosworth Taylor, vile Of Congressman F.
B. Taylor, Of Ohio, died this afternoon Of
apoplexy at Providence Hospital. Mrs.
Taylor was about t6 years Of age, Al :,
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"A Tornado ut Fred orlok.

FREDERICK, MD, Dec. 2o.-The city was
visited thiu morning by a most violent
wind storm. "a. number OF houses we're
unroofed and large trees were uprooted.
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THE LoEsEs BY STRIKES,

Losses to ntrikers during the six years
covered by the Investigations, Sol SIG. .l65 /;
loss to employees through lockouts for the
same period, ss,l32.7l7, or a total wage
lons to employees Of $50, ,9ls,Ss2. This loss
occurred for both strikes and lockouts ia
"a SIS establishments, OF m average loss
OF $2,445 to each establishment, or OF
nearly $40 to each striker involved. This
assistance given 10 strikers during tho same
period 30 far as ascertsinsble amounts to
So, ,325 ,057 to those suffering from lockouta
81, los 53S, or total OF S4.403,593. These
amounts, however, the commissioner Gays,
are undoubtedly too low.
The employera' losses through atsikes
ior the siS years amounted to $50, 732, ,653 !;
through !ockou:s, s., ,432 ,26l, or total loso
to the establishments involved Of $34, ,l64,.
Ola. The appended tables also shows that
the chief burden OF strikes was borne by
thirteen industrieu, viz: boots and shoes,
352 establishments; brick making, AIS;
building trades, 5000; clothing, l,72S;
coopersge, 484; food preparations, !, ,4l9;
furniture, 491; lumber, S95; metals and
metallic goods, 1856; mining, 2,06O; stone,
48S; tobacco, 2. 800; transportation, LAS.
These repreaent S935 per cent OF the
whole number subjected to strikea. In
lockou.s lva,trades bore so per cent OF tae
whole burden 80 follows: Boots and shoes,
155 establishments; building trades, 53l ;
clothing, 27S; metals and metallic goods,
70, vnd TOBACCO 22G, or a total OF 1851.
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CINCINNATI, Dec. 20.-Duripg tho in
tense cold of lna. night after midnight the
patrolmen observed bundle Of clothing
huddled up in doorway at Filth and
Egglestcn avenue. Upon examining 1t
they found a man apparently just about to
freezs to death after O depauch. With
some difficulty the officers got the man to
tho station house, whore they were told
by him that hia name was Patrick O'Brien,
eyed SO, residence Iowa; that he was a
contractor and was here to visit bis brother
up on Eastern sveuue. Upon searching
him, as is the custom when ever one Is
locked up, the officers found $500 in
money and 5000 in checks payable to
him, on his person baaides valuable gold
watch aud diamond jewelry. MIR. 0 'Brien's
escape from robbery as we'll as freezing is
remarkable, fos the locality in which be
was found is one OF the worat in the city.
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CAUSED DY A SNOW DRIFT.
A Passenger Train Observation-Disclosures
....|.N Esch Oe ne ,ln pa,

q Assoa6uE AEuAh AclesGopcu-ullEhCul
Escapo OF ,he Pusssngors.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 29.-The "Canon
Balp' Expresa on the Albert Lea route,
leaving Chicago at 1905 p. Nj, was wreck.
ed at Ely, lows, twelve miles from Cedar
Rapids at 2:SO ?. NJ. yesterday. A hoavy
DRIFT OF snow stopped tho train @. Ely, and
while the track was being cleared a
heavy freight engine with caboose at.
tschea ran into the rear Of the Buffet
coach, telsacoping it ard gending the sec.
ohd, or rear, sleeper into tho frat IS far
aH the toilet room, and turning over the
Btove. BY prompt action Of the passen-
gers and conductor the fire Was put out
before doing any damage. The other
coaches were jammed together, and the
second engine converted into wreck.
The freight engine and buffet car were de-
molished. 'l5
Every coach was full OF passengers, and
oil were Jared aud bruiaeu, three serious.
ly, but none fatally. A driving sno storm
was in progress. and the passengers thrown
out Of the sleepers in their night clothing
suffered from the eayere cold.
The train lett Ely fifteen hours lato
The nsmes OF the injured are not known
here. .aE
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BLAMING POWDEnLY,
Hc 10 Charged with Conspiracy Against Ger.
va. tala RAILWAY Gon,panlcs. ~

Ao 10 OnhFgeu with conspiracy Against Ger.
wv. taia RAILWAY Companies.
New YoRk, Dec. 20.--1he Evening Sun
says: Though tho strike on the Reading
spstem seemed to come suddenly, yet re-
liable information received at this Office
indicated that 1t is a part Of the long con.
ceived plan dictated by Powderly and
those who act with him. The Reading
system was not tho one originally aimed
at by Powderly. In fact he was pre-
tending to be friendly with that system
60 that he might use 1t = and his
strength among Its employees as a club
Ito beat other railway systsmu OF
|pennsylvania. Some timo ago Powderly
decided to boycott every road In Psnnsyl.
wanna, except the Reading. Secret orders
were cent out instructlng every assembly
to carry out this boycott, but these orders
were trancmitted In a different manner
from all previoua orders to boycott. Hcre.
tofore every notice 10 boycott property or
Eorporationslhas been public, and Pow.
derly decided upon new plan. Instead
OF sending ont an official circular he
dispatched agents to many parts
pf the country to request, that all
freight that was possible should be divert
I'd from other roads and shipped over the
Reading. In this way he hoped to boy.
tott the Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley
and other roads secretly. An attempt
isas made to boycott the passenger traffic
bf other ,rosds. It succeeded with the
miners. Many Of them have walked
hiles to avoid other roads and ride on the
Reading. The strike on lhe Reading is
taken by those on the inside here
rs indicating failure OF the boycott.
They did no. get the freight and
passengers for the Reading that Powderly
intended. 1t was tho Executive Boards
purpose after diverting this business to
the Reading to demand certain things of
the managers. Failing in this, they or
ilered the strike in the hope of gaining by
stopping the trains, what c.uld not be got
the other way. 1tis Curious thing that
the alleged cause Of the strike is because
The employees were asked by the company
to handle come Of the very freight the
boycotters had caused 10 be diverted to
the Reading. E
NO Strike on the Pennsylvania Road.
PirTsBuRdH, Dec. ga prominent off.
fial Of the Pennsylvania Company stated
TO a Chronicle. Telegraph reporter to-day
that while there was no truth in the ru.
NOR OF R strike on their system, the men
had requested an ADVANCE in wages, The
request came in the nature Of petition
and not as demand. He could not say
whether 1t would be granted or not, but
no ielt confident there would be no strike.
a conference has bean arranged betwesn
the railroad officials and their employees,
when settlement will probably be ef-
fected. =. NJ. y = 81 :, " -
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The following recspitulation gives the
number OF lines conatructed aud mileage: !:

'''''''''"'''''''"'''''''''" Gus =. AStot q
is eatimated that 1926 900, 900 has been
expended on the lines completed during
the year." lrI =l- Is X ~
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lvol7ed In each strike:

In 1887, the report Gays, there were sc.
cording to the best information obtainsble
S53 strikes, the details oil which are not
available.
The report shows that during the s:1
years covered by the investigation, New
York had the largest number OF establish.
menta affected, both by strikes and lock.
outs, there being for the former 9,247 and
for the latter 1923. The building trades
furnished 5000 Of the total number Of
establishments engaged in etrikes. The
total number OF employees involved in the
whole number OF strlkea for the entire
period ia shoSn to have been 1918, ,G24.
Tho number Of employees originating the
strikes was 1,020,S32. The number OF en-.
ployes in all establishments before
the strikes occurred was 1882 2,0l5 while
the whole number employed in the eetsb.
lishmen.a involved after the strikes occnr.
red was l,636,247, loss OF 25,70S. There
were l03,O3S new employees engagad after
the strikes and 37,4S3 were brought from
other places than those in which the
strikes occurred. In 2.lS2 establishments
lockouta were ordered during the period
named. In these there wero 17S, ,9O5 en-
ployes before the lockouta occurred and
1G0, ,435 after the lockouts, willis the nun.
Der actually locked out wss 1895 There
we're 1876 new employees aecured at the
close OF lockouts and 55,6S2 were brought
from other plscss than those in which tho
loCkouts occurred.
ut should DO remembered, however"
says the report, "that these figures do not
Represent tho actual number Of inBtitu.
tions, establishments or different EN- ployes
engaged, as in many cesas there hays been
tEo or more strikea or lockouts affecting
the eame estsblishmeut in the assle yosr.-
In auch cases the establishment and num-
Der Of employees engaged are duplicated"
An examination Of the tables appended
to the reportshows tina. New York, Penn
sylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and Illinois
represent 7a.74 per cent Of the whole
number OF establishments affected by
strikes throughout this country, and 90 so
per cent OF the lookou:s. These FIVE
States, it is rtRted, contain 40. Per cent OF
81! tho manufacturing establishments, and
employ rs per cent ofths capital investedin il
mechanical industries OF tho United States.
Disclriming absolute accuracy, the report
gives the lossea Of employees and employ
era 1enul!ing from strikes and lockouta as
follows:
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SOCIAL D0INGS.
TnB non1DAY SEASON OBSERVED
ny whseling'a Society In y Behttiug and
Enjoyable Manner Two Full Dress
Hops Given Last Night-Thoss who
Wero In Attendance, ,otc.

r. H y
Singular as It may appear to those who
have known Wheeling society In tho pas,
and enjoyed It's hospitality, and who will
remember how forward 1t has always
been in preparing for winter gatherings
and hops, and especially the holiday as.
aemblies,. this year'a holiday season was
about to slip away before any movo wac
made looking to pleasant celebration,
such as go many fondly remember having
participated in, in the years that arc gone.
Christmas had almost como and gone be.
fore 1t waa definitely decided that there
should be celebrations Of the happy sea.
son, and the result was that two charm.
ing iull drcas hops were given in
the city last evening, one at the McLure
House and the other by "The Club" at
Its hail on Main street hill. The latter
had been in contemplation for somewhat
longer period than the one at tho Nc.
Lure; both fulfilled tho object for which
they were given-to entertain tho many
visitors in the city and to afford a chance
for meeting friends and an OK.
change Of tho compliments OF
the season, in moot accepta.
BILE and satisfactory manner. "The Club"
has already given one or two full dress al.
fairs this season, but last nights event
was practically the first OF the season for
those who gathered at the hotel.
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DaEas Goegs Of all descriptions ;prostly
reduced IN price at STONE & TnoMAss:.